Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Micklegate Bar
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Norman Abbey
- The Abbot's House
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Monk Bar
- View from Station Rise
- Mary Ward
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Alcuin of York
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Guy Fawkes
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- York's Airfield
- The Shambles